London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

REPORT
Of the Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1904.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the Annual Report of the health and
sanitary condition of the Borough for the year 1904.
Population.
The population of the Borough for the year, estimated according
to the methods adopted by the Registrar-General was, including public
institutions, 269,583, compared with 256,292 in 1903, an increase of
13,291.
Table I. shows the population of each sub district, correctcd and
uncorrected, as well as that for the whole Borough.

Table: TABLE I.

TABLE I.

SUB-DISTRICT.Census 1901.Population estimated to the middle of 1904.
Corrected.Uncorrected.
Clapham51,36154,72954,455
Putney24,13926,86126,787
Streatham71,65883,41883,968
Tooting16,47326,38228,179
Wandsworth68,40372,81076,194
Whole Borough232,034264,200269,583